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Has anyone ever been admitted to one of their own free choice? what was it like?

It wasn't a great place, that is for sure.

Admitted after an attempt. Stayed for 3 weeks. They treat you pretty bad in there.

The other patients are pretty nice usually. In our free time we played board games and watched TV together, we hung out. At other times we were forced into group, and saw the shrinks. Mine were awful, the nasty things they said to me...

When one of us got angry, they pumped us with drugs and put the jacket on and threw us into a rubber room.

The staff was pretty crappy. You couldn't stay in your room alone (not a nice thing for an aspie). They wanted you to interact with the other patients.

My experience was pretty darn awful.

There's many people that have no business in these professions.

Busy91, that sounds outrageous! What did they say? Nasty things are supposed tio cure you? And you're not even allowed to get angry like a normal person!

They do treat you pretty bad.
It was one of the worst experiences of my life.

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Well the psychologist said I was 'unmarriable' because me and my husband at the time weren't getting along. So how did he come to that conclusion?

And that I was bi-polar. I told him I wasn't bi-polar because I did have high moods and low moods. He was arguing with me about it. I blew him off.

The other one was a psychiatrist and he was no cake walk. He was lackadaisical and couldn't be bothered with any of the patients.

OK, so maybe I am unmarriable, but he never said why. It was b'cause he didn't know, he was talking out of his butt. I may be unmarriable because I'm AS, but of course to him I was just a crazy lady.

I did, but this big Native American guy tried to smother me with a pillow.

Care to elaborate?

How did the staff treat you? How were your days?

I'd rather die than go to another Psychiatric ward. I've been in three. They are not suitable environments to facilitate recovery; they are simply dumping grounds for people too dangerous to themselves or other people to live out in the world. The only hospital stay that helped me was my stay at St. George's eating disorder unit. The food was good.

What; Phagocyte, did he think you were dead? One of those wierd delusional disorders where you're asleep after just coming back from treatment the delusional person thinks something terrible happened and you're dead? Sounds like a depressive disorder to me, a disorder someone had from being there longe than any of the others and seeing a lot of s**t!

I went once,
wow, it's really sad you guys were treated so poorly in yours,
I went shortly; and the people were nice to me, but then again I went due to a single episode, and that was while I was at school, They thought I was schitzophrenic (Excuse my horrid spelling!) The girl who sat in front of me got disturbed that I was muttering under my breath, she thought I was contemplating killing someone, I kinda have to mutter, becasue I can't realy think in words (as many of you know).
I didn't like the place, it was eerie, but at the same time, I didn't mind it.

I went due to a single incident too. And it could b'cause you were young and your parents could sue the tar out of them. When you are an adult, they can treat you any way they want b'cause no one cares (that is what they think).

I hear lots of stories about the ward. I have a friend who used to work in a PW as a nurses aid, and the things she told me they did to the patients (not her, but the other workers) would make your skin crawl. It is a shame that some people think they have the power to inflict pain and suffering on another. Not like we were not in enough pain to start with.

Yeah, that's true, it really makes me sick that people abuse power in the way that they do.

Now, now.. this is the Haven, so be supportive.

Besides, I thought you died at the end of that movie.




In answer to the OP, no, I've never been in one. I visited someone there once. It was quite unpleasant for all involved.

I thought about going once, but my doctor told me not to bother, that the only thing they were any good for was keeping a person from killing himself in the duration of the hospital stay.

Yes, I have been in the mental hospital before. 3 times to be exact, almost 4 if you include the one time I went in this year but they didn't have any beds. Each of the 3 times I went in for a week due to suicidal thoughts and cutting. I was also very paranoid about the government being after me. But that is what the government does! They go after people! The stay was the most boring time in my life. Luckily the ones that I went in let me be in my room by myself. The staff were nice to me, believe it or not but the bad thing is they did call me delusional. Same with the psychiatrist. The problem with the 2nd time I went in I had this doctor that wanted me to be kicked out of the house into the cold nasty streets. I'm not ready to move out. Two of the three times that I went in took place last year (2006). The only things that I like there is the schedule and I also like talking to the other patients. That is it. I hope to God that I never have to go back into the mental hospital.

Yeah, it was at a low point for me, I was unecessarily stressed about change. I walked in there a bit shaken, I had thought about suicide. I had to know three things before I went in there. 1 That wouldn't be forced to take meds, that I had a choice. 2 That my parents wouldn't have to pay for it, insurance would. 3 That I could leave when I wanted to. The social worker I talked to said I didn't have anything to worry about, I could choose not to take meds, my parents wouldn't have to pay, and I could leave any time. So I was admitted.

The first meeting with the "doctor" he tells me I may have to go on meds, and I tell him what the social worker said. He pretty much says that he isn't accountable for what was said. So I say I want out. He immediately starts threatening me that my parents will have to pay 4000$ if I leave early. Well, all 3 of my fears were realized in a single conversation, and I'd been lied to about all 3. It ended up I was able to get out without my parents paying... but the way they treat the people in there. As I was leaving, I told the nurse that if I got suicidal again, I would come back, or at least find help. And rather than say something encouraging, she gives me a nasty look and says I probably won't be able to come back, due to me leaving early this first time.

So... in short, they lie and don't care. If you're having issues, I would recommend anything but going into that environment.